Clinton's Last Chance
To Get Russia Policy Right

By Robert B. Zoellick, an undersecretary of state and White House deputy chief of staff in the Bush administration. He is a foreign-policy adviser to George W. Bush.

A s Vladimir Putin is beginning as president of Russia, so Bill Clinton is preparing to exit the presidential stage. But Mr. Clinton is still maneuvering to salvage something lasting from his disappointing Russia policy. Ironically, Mr. Clinton's eagerness for...